What ㍽ means
It packs 大正 into one square cell. Japanese printers used ligatures—single characters combining two kanji—to save space in square character frames.
Computer date fields kept the compact form. ㍽15年 means Taishō year 15. The era ran 1912-07-30 to 1926-12-24. Japanese maker NEC added it to its JIPS character set after Japan’s first JIS character standard (JIS C 6226-1978) and before 1983. Some vertical fonts stack 大 above 正; support varies.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ㍽ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Compatibility block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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Collections with ㍽
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How to type or find ㍽
- Search it as
- taisho · taishō · taisyou · 大正 · 元号 · 合字 · Japanese date · era ligature
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
㍽\337DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.